[badlander86]

My Figuarts Taiga just got in. I was extremely on the fence with this guy mainly because I've started to waver in my pursuit of all 13 (+2...+1...and maybe Abyss)Riders after putting down the order for Genocider.

Once I got him out of the package, I was pleased as hell. Say what you will about the character, the Taiga suit design is awesome and the 2 main accesories gives you all th more reason to love him. The Axe is gravy, a great size and detail on it. The Tiger claws are great but it is scary to insert the ball into the socket (your essentially doing it blind) so be a little careful.

The shoulders are ever slightly hinder by the claw motiff his shoulder pads sport. The top part of his armor is a little more movable (think Ouja) so you could probably work around it.

I like this figure. But I've noticed a glaring trend. After Ouja...Gai,Raia and Taiga sport the same black base suit, a departure from the colored suits Ryuki, Knight and Zolda sport.

And if my memory serves all the future Riders sport the same feature so that's a bit of a bummer. Maybe Abyss has an Aqua blue type color suit but I'm stretching. Anyway, if that doesn't bother you at all and you don' mind Tojo's confused Hero Complex madness, get this figure. Oh and the joints on mine were REALLY tight.